Upper Macungie will now have a police department to call its own.
1. Upper Macungie's new police force goes into service at 6 tonight, Dec. 31. It takes over from the Berks-Lehigh Regional police force, which will cease to exist at the end of the day. 2. The new Upper Macungie police department is located at 37 Grim Road, a stone's throw from the township municipal building. 3. In all, 28 police officers will serve in the new force, many of whom worked for the Berks-Lehigh police. The officers were sworn into service Friday, and a promotion ceremony also was held. 4. The department's general patrol unit will serve four geographic zones in the township, designated by traffic and population. Patrol also will have traffic and canine units. 5. Steering the new department is Chief Edgardo A. Colón, former …
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Upper Macungie Supervisors on Thursday hired two lieutenants and an office manager for its new police force.
First came the chief, and now Upper Macungie has hired two lieutenants and an office manager for its new police department. They will start Aug. 20. “Together, we will create and build an outstanding police department for the towship,” said the new Police Chief Edgardo A. Colon. For instant updates, follow Upper Macungie Patch on Facebook and Twitter. Colon was hired in April, also to start Aug. 20. Upper Macungie doesn't have it's own force yet, but has voted to leave the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police. The township plans to have a new police department in place on or before Jan. 1, 2013. Joseph Wilson, 47, will be the Criminal and Administrative lieutenant. Wilson is currently a lieutenant and SWAT commander in the Bureau of Emergency …
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Parkland Parent
11:58 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
More important keep the drugs and out of control speeders and vandals out of our parks and off our roadways. Good Luck! more ›